Classical Art of Command

The Classical Age of Greece produced some of history''s best-known generals and commanders. They include the Spartan king Leonidas, who embodied his countrymen''s heroic ethos in the battle of Thermopylae; the Athenian leader Themistocles, credited as the architect of Athens'' naval power and of the Greek victory over the Persians; the famous democratic leader, Pericles, who prepared Athens and di...